Monuments of Mandu reverberate with music and masti

End of 2019 couldn’t be better in the historical city of Mandu as a 5-days long Mandu festival kept it buzzing with activity. The 800-year-old archaeological building around the town nestled in

Dhar district

donned festive streamers, and look as tourists from across the globe came to participate in it.

On one hand mornings began with yoga sessions at the Caravan Sarai; the evenings ended on a musical note with artistes of repute like Indian Ocean,

Prem Joshua

and band, Kabir Café, Antariksh and Navraj Hans performed at the music district set up by Madhya Pradesh Tourism at one of the monuments in Mandu. Besides that, the tourists participated a host of other activities like hot air ballooning, heritage walks and rides to know more about the history of the city, its rulers and the famous love story of warrior poet

Baz Bahadur

and Rani Roopmati. “I was a part of the heritage walk, and the experts there shared how the two star-crossed lovers had met, and how Baz Bahadur built the Roopmati Pavilion for his queen, so she can be close to her revered river Rewa” shares a participant at the event.

Neeraj Arya, from Kabir Café band that performed at the festival on 31st evening says, “Humari musical roots Malwi hain, so we were elated to be performing for locals, artisans as well as tourists across the globe at this historical place. To be standing in an 800-years-old monument, while performing was the highlight for me and my band. Moreover, even we got to explore the rich heritage of Malwa while here”.

A day before the closing ceremony, elated by the response for the intrigue and romance of Mandu’s history, the state’s minister for tourism and NVDA Surendra Singh Baghel also announced that January 1 will be marked as Mandu Day henceforth